Blends of ethylene polymers and a hydrogenated polybutadiene

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A POLYMER OF ETHYLENE HAVING A DENSITY OF AT LEAST 0.94 AT 25*C. AND A CRYSTALLINITY OF AT LEAST 70 PERCENT AT 25*C. AND A HYDROGENATED POLYMER OF BUTADIENE, THE UNSATURATION OF SAID POLYMER OF BUTADIENE HAVING BEEN REDUCED TO A VALUE OF ABOUT ZERO TO 50 PERCENT OF THEORETICAL AND SAID POLYMER OF BUTADIENE CONTAINING AT LEAST 85 PERCENT 1,4ADDITION, THE REMAINDER OF THE POLYMER BEING FORMED BY 1,2-ADDITION OF THE BUTADIENE, AND HAVING BEEN PREPARED BY POLYMERIZING 1,3-BUTADIENE WITH A CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) A CATALYST COMPRISING A COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA RLI, WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 10, INCLUSIVE, CARBON ATOMS, (2) A CATALYST COMPRISING (A) A COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA R''NM, WHEREIN R'' IS AN ALKYL RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 12, INCLUSIVE, CARBON ATOMS, M IS A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM, GALLIUM, INDIUM, THALLIUM, BERYLLIUM, MERCURY, AND ZINC, AND N IS AN INTEGER EQUAL TO THE VALENCE OF THE METAL M, AND (B) A HALLIDE OF A METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, AND VANADIUM, AND (3) A CATALYST COMPRISING (A) A COMPLEX HYDRIDE HAVING THE FORMULA M''M"H4, WHEREIN M'' IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINUM AND BORON, AND M" IS AN ALKALI METAL, AND (B) TITANIUM TETRAIODIDE.